In this week 37 match, on Sun May 15th, Watford hosts Leicester City in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, a perfect day for football. Watford sits at 19th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Everton. Neither Watford nor Everton could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 6 and 16 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Watford looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 4 points in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed Leicester City is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Norwich City. Jamie Vardy scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 54th minute, then Jamie Vardy added another in the 62nd minute In the end, Norwich City was frustrated by Leicester City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Leicester City ended the match with the shutout victory. Leicester City is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Jan 8th, Leicester City hosted Watford at the King Power Stadium in their last match together. Leicester City won by a score of 4 to 1. Youri Tielemans scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 7th minute on a penalty kick, then James Maddison added another in the 25th minute on a feed from Ademola Lookman.
Jamie Vardy has been the most effective weapon for Leicester City lately. The English attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. Emmanuel Dennis and Hassane Kamara are the top scorers for Watford in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Watford will be without Tom Cleverley, Craig Cathcart, Hassane Kamara, Samir and João Pedro, while Brendan Rodgers’s Leicester City squad will be without Ryan Bertrand, Wilfred Ndidi and Ricardo Pereira.